foreganger
构词拆解
词源链
- 英语English
foreganger
词源说明
From Middle English forganger, forgangere, from Old English *foregangere, from foregangan (“to go before, precede, go in front of, project, excel”), equivalent to fore- + ganger. Cognate with Scots foregangare (“a foregoer”), Dutch voorganger (“a predecessor, progenitor”), German Vorgänger (“a predecessor, precursor”), Swedish föregångare (“a forerunner, precursor, progenitor”).
释义
名词noun
- 1archaic, rareOne who or that which goes before; a forerunner; a harbinger; a predecessor.
- 2(nautical) A short rope grafted on a harpoon, to which a longer line may be attached.